Kashmir
By Yash Desai

Information About Kashmir
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Map of Kashmir
Kashmir is located in Northern
Part of India
It borders with Pakistan and
China
Located in the valley of
Himalayas, Himalayas is shared by four countries
Known as crown of India current conflicts in other words
I will tell you how the one of the beautiful place in the world is turned into hell
Conclusion

Kashmir
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Kashmir is the part of country which is widely diverse one of the example of the diversity is the languages spoken.
In India we have about 15 government recognized languages to name a few they are Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati and English
And each one has its own grammar and vocabulary and they differ from each other like
English differ from French
Unity in Diversity

Picture of Lake in Kashmir

People Working in Kashmir

Beautiful scenery of Kashmir

Another picture

A Lake in Kashmir

Himalayas Range

Current picture

Map of Kashmir

Current Conflicts
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India divided in three parts in 1947
Because of Mohammad Ali and few other activists
It got divided in three parts India, East
Pakistan (today's Bangladesh) and West
Pakistan.
When India got independence all the kings and state got join either in India or Pakistan

Current Conflicts
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But the Hari Singh the king of Kashmir undecided
So India and Pakistan makes a standstill agreement and he gets help from both countries.
Pakistan violates agreement on 22 nd October 1947 and holds the supplies and attacks Kashmir
He writes a letter to the governor general of India
(sd). Lord Mountbatten stating that Pakistan has attacked his territory and he needs Indian support
India said sign the instrument of accession and we will supply you with army.

Current Conflicts
October 27 th 1947
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October 27 th 1947 Indian army enters
Kashmir to defend against Pakistani troops

December 31 st ,1947
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On December 31 st ,1947 a highly unconstitutional offer of plebiscite was made by prime minister Nehru

January 1 st 1948
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India under Nehru declares unilateral cease-fire under article 35 of the U.N. chapter, India files complains against pakistan
Since that day there are two parts of
Kashmir
IOK
POK (they call it Azad (independent)
Kashmir that’s 2/5 of the state

Wars
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3 wars
1 st war when they entered Kashmir against Pakistani military.
In 1971 creation of Bangladesh
In 1999 Kargil War

Link to the civilian casualty in Kashmir
 http://www.armyinkashmir.org/civilian
.html

Last but not the least
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One of the beautiful in the world is turned into hell, by the terrorism by Pakistan and nobody is doing anything
To let my audience know how beautiful
Kashmir is and what is going on there
My purpose of choosing this topic was to inform people what Kashmir is and why are we fighting over a small piece of land over last 50 years in my next speech I will tell you what I think about it

Work cited
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The Instrument of Accession of Jammu and
Kashmir state: A Historical Perpective. armyinkashmir. 08 July 2003
<http://www.armyinkashmir.org/history/history1.ht
ml>.